O'Connor v. Semple
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Shawano County. Action to recover the amount of a commission agreed to be paid for the finding of a purchaser for certain lands in towns 32 and 33 in Taylor county, Wisconsin. The agreement under which the plaintiff claims was contained in the following letters: “ ShawaNO, Wis., June 25, 1881. “John O’CoTmor, Esq. — Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22d inst. is just at hand.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Shawano County. Action to recover the amount of a commission agreed to be paid for the finding of a purchaser for certain lands in towns 32 and 33 in Taylor county, Wisconsin. The agreement under which the plaintiff claims was contained in the following letters: “ ShawaNO, Wis., June 25, 1881. “John O’CoTmor, Esq. — Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22d inst. is just at hand. Herewith find list of lands in towns 32 and 33, R. 4, west, Taylor Co., Wis. The whole tract ought to go together, but if desired would sell each town separate. Our estimates of timber in T.…
1Opinion of the Court
Cole, O. J.
It will aid materially in disposing of the questions so ably discussed on the argument, to bear in mind the leading facts of this case. The jury found, in answer to. questions submitted, that the plaintiff did, on the 7th of October, 1881, find a purchaser for, and make a sale of, the whole of the land in towns 32 and 33, for $20,000, $5,000 cash down, the balance to be paid as the timber was cut from the lands, with interest at eight per cent, per annum; that such purchaser was ready, prepared, able, and willing to carry out the purchase on his part; that the plaintiff and the…
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